Empirical Study of Forestry Farmers' Willingness of Carbon Sequestration Forestry Management in Sangzhi Country, Hunan Province
In this article,we investigate the willingness of 172 forestry farmers in managing carbon sequestration forestry at Sangzhi County,which is the major forestry zone of Hunan Province.Results of the investigation showed accounting for 63.37% of the total sample of forestry farmers are willing to managing carbon sequestration forestry.Based on the theory of planned behavior,we establish a model regarding to the willingness of the farmers,and further propose hypothesis on the factors that influence the willingness.Through the Logit regression analysis on the hypothesis,it is revealed that the recognition of the extent of carbon forestry on promoting ecological and environmental protection and the eXpected revenue are among the extremely significant factors that impact on farmers' willingness to run carbon sequestration forestry.The policy support,the Attitude of family members,the evaluation of operating convenience of carbon sequestration forestry are among the major factors that impact on farmers' willingness to run carbon sequestration forestry.Finally,recommendations for relevant government departments are presented.
forestry farmerscarbon sequestration forestrywillingness researchHunan Province